Regime change? Who cares about that! Iranians have had almost 50 years to do more than burn a few hijabs every now and again. The whole idea is to protect the West from Iranian backed terrorism, and to show China and Russia that they shouldn't get too uppity while Donald Trump is around.

As far as Australia is concerned, the show will probably mean more “refugees” to continue changing the country beyond recognition.

Iranians, rather than working on regime change, are streaming into Syria. Next stop Europe or, gullible Australia. We cop hordes of people we don't need, and don't want, every time there is conflict in the worst parts of the world.

America under President Carter was largely responsible in the first place for the mad mullahs taking over from the Shah. (Read ‘King of Kings’, Scott Anderson).

The possibility of a regime change and the welfare of Iranians is a side-issue: an opportunity given Iranians by Trump as a by-product - if they want to take it.

But, as Alon Ben-Meir says, Iran has nothing in the way of an alternative government to take over anyway. Iranians are a bit like Australians: apathetic and disorganised, in a bigger way of course.

Decisive Iranians have left: an estimated 4-5 million spread worldwide, with about 85 thousand in Australia.

Jumping for joy in their adopted countries over the deaths of tyrants will do nothing for Iran.

As for American “boots on the ground”, it's doubtful that Americans of any political persuasion would allow even Donald Trump to do that. Like Australians and most Westerners, they have had enough of their people dying in foreign countries, for no good reason, followed by waves of “refugees”.

Unfortunately, Ben-Meir seems, as usual, to be more critical of the US and Israel than he is of what is probably the most evil regime on Earth. Nevertheless, his pot-stirring opens the way for various to be expressed.

The only ‘good’ Islamic countries are those with a Monarch.

"Historical cases suggest that regimes tend to fall not when they are merely weakened, but when ruling elites split."

Exactly.
That's what sanctions are for.
Not the sanctions itself but the potential 'lifting of sanctions'
Some factions wish to accept terms for the lifting of sanctions and others don't, it causes division and fractures unity.

Negotiations.
That was the dumbest thing you said in this article.

America doesn't do diplomacy.
Once America decides regime change is their aim and all the machinery is put in motion to achieve that aim, then there's nothing to negotiate, and for the targeted nation, it's time for war.

Iran will not kneel before the pedophile Epstein regime.

The foreign manufactured Iranian opposition is fracturing anyway.
And the 'rally around the flag' effect is in progress too.

http://x.com/AryJeay/status/2029636794728280225
Reza Pahlavi’s circle is falling apart

One of Reza Pahlavi’s close advisor/aide tore apart his photo together with Reza Pahlavi live on @Jedaal.
He said “dear Iranian compatriots, I’m tearing this disgraceful photo [with Pahlavi]. I made a mistake, please forgive me.”

(- Earlier he renounced him as a traitor to the homeland.)

http://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2029454444430016732
"The Western Media Refuses To Cover Iran’s Widespread Pro-Government Rallies

Every night, across the country, Iranian protesters are packing the streets and calling for revenge, while affirming their commitment to the nation. This trend of protests is not just limited to the major cities."

- At this point, anyone that blindly believes anything from western corporate media is a fool.
Told you all years ago, it's 90% propaganda.

Look at these idiots clutching at straws.
http://x.com/Partisangirl/status/2029733189766574327
“It’s time for Australians to die for Israel” - Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel says.

'We picked a fight and now we need everyone to save us'
You made your bed, you lay innit.
You spent decades planning this, and I'm enjoying watching the missiles rain down on your heads.
No Australian should have to die for your deranged religious genocidal land-thieving rape-supporting Epstein-pedophile nation.

How about you send me restitution for the increase in fuel and other goods from this war you started instead.

Their should be a global class action against this rogue state.
They should be paying reparations to the entire planet for the next century.

I don't support the killing of innocents, but I truly believe Israel needs to suffer the same treatment it's inflicted upon others.

The worst, by far, terrorist state in this world......ISRAEL! ! ! !

Manufacturing Your Consent

WE STAND with the United States and Israel
In this "MORAL" war
To "RID" the region
of this "TERRORIST" menace
Called the "IRANIAN REGIME"

It's a sales pitch, which no "NORMAL" person would ever object to.

Like saying:

"We need to censor the internet, because we have to protect the children"
- No "NORMAL" person can object to it.

Censor Isreal's atrocities more likely
One hand washes the other.

The West claims its all about a rule based order,
That we are morally and ethically superior.

But the rules go right out the window when it suits them.

Australia just pledged it's support to the U.S, when they assassinated the Iranian Supreme leader.
Where's these rules?

America and Israel threw the first punch, and we cheered.

America and Israel are bombing a city that had 10 million people targeting police stations, hospitals, schools, TV stations, universities and other government buildings.

What if Russia or China did this?

I'll tell you all an ugly potential scenario that will really show how full of crap the West is..

What happens if Iran starts significantly diminishing U.S. capabilities and they run out of air defense before Iran runs out of hypersonic missiles?

All of this talk about Iran using a nuclear bomb will mean nothing...
- If NETANYAHU is the one who ends up dropping a nuke on a populated city.

Professor David Flint has taken a swipe at the ‘galahs’ who think that they know about international “law”, particularly those squawking about how “illegal” the US action against the Islamic Republic of Iran is.

Professor Flint studied international law in Sydney, Paris and London. He taught it .

Having done all that, plus attending seminars on the subject all over the world, he feels able to say that he knows something about the subject, and is “well aware of the weakness of international law and the charge that it is not law or that it is a primitive form of law”.

Briefly:

. There is no international legislature
. Despite the name, there is no real international court
. There are no sanctions for breaches, except by victims

So, those suffering from anti-Trump syndrome and/or sympathising with the Iran regime are expressing "nothing but an opinion".

In this obvious expert’s view, there is “absolutely no breach of international law” in the actions of America and Israel.

Nor is President Trump in breach of the U.S Constitution, as some of his domestic enemies claim. The action might come before the Supreme Court, according to Flint, but ironically, the Court acts contrarily to the Constitution by “seizing” the power to declare acts of government invalid. “.... the imminence of a threat to the Republic (in a nuclear weapons age) justifies unilateral executive action.

The squawking of the galahs about the Iranian ship being sunk in ‘international waters’ is also nonsense.

"The worst, by far, terrorist state in this world......ISRAEL! ! ! !"

I doubt that the most fanatical Nazis hated the Jews as much as some of the people here. Here is a question: Where would a gay pride march be least likely to face harassment?

a)Gaza

b)Iran

c)Israel

d)USA

As a followup question, where would you be least likely to face harassment walking your pet dog?

a)Gaza

b)Iran

c)Israel

d)USA

I'm always astounded at the mindset of people who believe that free and democratic nations are engaged in international terrorism whilst terrorist authoritarian Hell holes are engaged in the international promotion of peace and freedom.

A very perceptive article by Alon Ben-Meir. Trump was sucked in by his belief in his own divinity, and his perceived greatness of America . It has been said the tail (Israeli) is wagging the dog (America), how true! As Ho Chi Minh said during the Vietnam War - "We will win, they have the greater military, but we have the greater willpower, we will win." Bombs cannot defeat willpower, Ho Chi Minh was right, true then, true today. LETS ALL HOPE FOR PEACE.

Academic lawyers Gabriel Moens and Dejan Hinic think that the strike on Iran following the “failure of the Geneva talks on the denuclearisation of Iran”, the justification for US action, will test the limits of modern ‘international law’.

The situation is more complex than the current political discourse on legality and a brutal regime's treatment of its own people, its treatment of US nationals and Israelis and, of course, its backing of terrorist activities in other countries, including Australia.

The idea of so-called international law goes back to the 19th. Century when mobilising an army was considered an act of war according to an Austrian chancellor.

Article 2 (3) of the UN charter says that members should settle their differences by peaceful means. 2 (4) says nations shall “refrain” from threatening or using force. But Article 51 recognises the right to self-defence.

In my view, the US is defending itself and the West from a possible nuclear attack and real and ongoing terror attacks by Iran and its subsidiaries. And the authors question only the action of the US and Israel striking first: which I find ludicrous in view of terrorist attacks by Iran or its proxies occurring all the time.

The Left, who should just say straight out that they hate America and prefer Iran instead of chuntering on about “illegality”, ignore the fact that the US and Israel have suffered hundreds of terror attacks from Iran, and have every right to protect themselves.

The authors make their case a bit too academically, too much law, not enough reality. They do recognise that this war is a “humanitarian tragedy” that doesn't fit the UN's sanctimonious “strict requirements”. They don't mention Donald Trump and the fact that the man is a new phenomenon who doesn't give a fig for the UN or wishy-washy top down “laws”, and intends to do what he was elected to do: protect America, and by default, the rest of the West that has forgotten how to defend itself.

Three cheers for Donald Trump.

Hi ttbn,
Yes there is no enforcable international law, but there are accepted agreements, such as the UN charter, the U.S. constitution and things like the War Powers act and other agreements, such as the non-proliferation treaty and other agreements, no all nations are signed up to.

What gives the U.S. the right to sanction other nations simply because it controls SWIFT?
They're acting like pirates, warmongers, kidnappers and resource thieves.

Hi Fester,

I'll take C/ Israel for the first one, not sure about the second.

"I'm always astounded at the mindset of people who believe that free and democratic nations are engaged in international terrorism whilst terrorist authoritarian Hell holes are engaged in the international promotion of peace and freedom."
- It's a strange world we live in, isn't it?

Does Penny Wong wish to provide evidence Iran sent people here to burn a synogugue door, or was the evidence manufactured and delivered by Mossad?

Hi Paul,
"It has been said the tail (Israeli) is wagging the dog (America), how true!"
Is a big question 'who controls who' and often I fall into the trap and get it wrong, the following video doesn't include the potential Epstein / Mossad / Blackmail side of things though.

Day 7: US Capabilities Strained, Iran’s Defense Continues + US is not Fighting Iran “For Israel”
http://youtu.be/qraZe2Iajfo

"LETS ALL HOPE FOR PEACE."
- For sure we can hope.
I've got a feeling things will get worse before they get better.
U.S. will probably pick a fight with China at some point.

Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan are proxies / flashpoints for the U.S.
- For their real enemies Russia, Iran and China.

Hi ttbn,
"In my view, the US is defending itself and the West from a possible nuclear attack and real and ongoing terror attacks by Iran and its subsidiaries."
- No it's about attaining and maintaining U.S. primacy.

It's about the Wolfowitz Doctrine.

2022.05.16 Why The Wolfowitz Doctrine Inevitably Leads To World War
http://youtu.be/WA5ReEf3vtY
(R.I.P. Gonzalo Lira, died in A Ukrainian prison, for making videos like the one above)

Hi Fester,

The Epstein Coalition have apparently bombed the 6th school in a week.

There is some interesting info in this video about the bombing of the school (9 minutes into the video) and apparently Reuters has just stated the attack was conducted by U.S.

Mystery over Iran’s resilience; Trump’s surrender demand met by retaliation | Janta Ka Reporter
http://youtu.be/vPD1HvkGxz8

Hi AC,

"The Epstein Coalition have apparently bombed the 6th school in a week."

That's the freedom of speech you have in a western democracy. In Iran, the regime kills citizens who speak against it. The Iranian regime has also sponsored terrorism around the world for the best part of half a century, which might be why expat Iranians are dancing in the streets at the prospect of the regime's demise.

How is it that you are so much more concerned by alleged bombings than you were by the tens of thousands of murders? The expats in the streets want the US and Israel to carry on.

Hi Fester,
'Epstein Coalition' is what they call America and Israel, but I get your point.

"In Iran, the regime kills citizens who speak against it."
- I'm not entirely sure just how true that statement is.

Iran’s president says rioters must not disrupt society
http://www.arabnews.com/node/2629006/middle-east

>>TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday said “rioters” should not be allowed to disrupt society, in his first remarks after three nights of intensified protests against the country’s authorities.

Pezeshkian, in an interview with state TV on Sunday, said “protesting is the people’s right,” but echoed authorities in drawing a line between outcry over Iran’s dire economy and “rioters” they allege are backed by the US and Israel.<<

"How is it that you are so much more concerned by alleged bombings than you were by the tens of thousands of murders? The expats in the streets want the US and Israel to carry on."

- Because I place the blame squarely on the United States and Israel.

As you know, I don't support sanctions or regime change.

The recipe for regime change involves fermenting civil unrest and getting people into the street, the work of foreign actors.
And when you have foreign agents burning government buildings and shooting and beheading police in the street, setting people on fire; (incitement) there just isn't any other way to put an attempt to overthrow the country down except through force.

(Also - foreign agents shooting other protesters deliberately, to get Trump to intervene after stating 'if there's any more killing I'll do something', so they did)

I don't believe the 'tens of thousands' numbers claimed.
Around 3000, but 3000 too many;
The Iranian government had little choice or the rioters would've ended up doing to them what they did to Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi.

The people may not have been attempting an uprising if not for the effect of sanctions, which are collective punishment of the people, eg. the government and military aren't going hungry, it's directed at the people to rise up, to and create division in the leadership regards appeasement to lift the sanctions.

I'm thinking about giving Mick Ryan a run for his money, over on his substack, just for fun.
Pit my youtube viewing knowledge against his war college expertise.
Seems he engages with his readers, unlike most of the authors here.

Futura Doctrina
http://mickryan.substack.com/

I found my way over there after reading the Crikey article by Paul Keating.

http://www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/06/paul-keating-red-alert-series-the-sydney-morning-herald-the-age-nine-newspapers/
http://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-faces-the-threat-of-war-with-china-within-three-years-and-we-re-not-ready-20230221-p5cmag.html?collection=p5cpt8&gb=1

Ryan released an article this morning.
'Selective Belligerence and Unconditional Surrender'
http://mickryan.substack.com/p/selective-belligerence-and-unconditional
- I wrote a response (below), but can't post it because I'm not a premium member, unless I pay the $8 monthly fee.

"The reduction in Iranian missile and drone strikes, may simply be conserving their launchers at this time. Endurance.
Both sides are on a time clock, the west is running out of interceptors (I hear they're already out of PAC-3) and Iran needs to conserve its launchers.
Trump stating objective 'unconditional surrender' means all Iran needs to do is survive for the West to lose.
You stated the Trump administration has 'little interest in confronting the most vicious and powerful authoritarian powers: China and Russia' but I think you're wrong, it definitely involves China.
I'm sure you are aware of U.S. plans for a naval blockade of Chinese oil supplies, these acts in Venezuela and Iran instead attack the sources of that oil.
If you're looking for a American Grand Strategy, try the Wolfowitz Doctrine.
Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan are proxies / flashpoints for the U.S. to project power against Russia, Iran and China.
The latter know if they don't hang together they'll hang separately.
Also, you shouldn't be surprised by Russia and China supporting Iran, America has been providing weapons and targeting information to kill thousands of Russians, they even fired 91 drones towards Valdai in an attempt to murder Putin himself.
Iran supports the Palestinians, just like you support Ukraine.
It opposes their ethnic cleansing, land theft and oppression.
And FYI, TACO is an acronym meaning Trump Always Chickens Out.

You talk about Iran not getting a nuke, but if things go bad I'm fairly certain it will be Netanyahu that uses one."

Hi AC,

I have no idea how the conflict will go, but good on you for putting forward a prediction.

"- I'm not entirely sure just how true that statement is."

You might want to look at this video on the treatment of women in the theocracy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzLqudfmFMs

I really feel for these people. Ateday might want to watch it and rethink the claim about Israel.

"I wrote a response (below), but can't post it because I'm not a premium member, unless I pay the $8 monthly fee."

Try joining a public library. I joined Logan Library and get access to a number of newspapers via "Borrow Box". It doesn't stop me writing letters to the editor via email.

Trump has announced that he will accept nothing but unconditional surrender from the mad mullahs. Let's hope he sticks to it, as the Iranian spraying of missiles into neighbouring countries falls by 95%.

Around 90% of Iran’s oil goes to China. It makes up a quarter of Iran’s budget.

Before the current conflict with the US, Israel and its majority Muslim neighbours, Iran was negotiating with China for CM 302 anti-ship missiles. The US and Israel would have known that.

Iran already gets weapons from China. The two countries carry out naval exercises with Russia in the Hormuz Strait.

The action against Iran is also against China.

Does Donald Trump know that a Sydney University professor of engineering worked alongside Iranian scientists and “published research in August 2024 that used drones to make communication networks 36 per cent more efficient”?

Adelaide University did something similar.

In February 2023, the foreign minister “requested” that all Australian universities cease cooperating with Iran, but they continued working with the Chinese on spy drones using AI to “devise a ‘dual-mode intelligent drone’ control system to maintain optimal eavesdropping positions” …… “.

Source: ‘Sympathy with the devil’, Rebecca Weisser, Spectator Australia, 5/3/26.

ttbn,

So much unbiased nonsense from the far right 'Spectator', why not 'Sky After Dark' just as trustworthy!

Hi Paul,

The scoop on Australian university/Iranian drone research was by The Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/14/academics-in-us-uk-and-australia-collaborated-on-drone-research-with-iranian-university-close-to-regime

It seems that apologists for, and supporters of, 7th. Century mullahs and Communists will need to have throat lozenges ready for more screeching if Donald Trump decides to do over Cuba as well.

Yesterday, Trump said Cuba is “going to fall pretty soon”. He claims that Cuba, obviously aware of what Trump ‘might’ do to their vile government following Iran, wants to do a deal, and he will send Cuban-heritage Marco Rubio over there for a chat.

Rubio is being spoken of as an alternative to JD Vance as next President.

ttbn

People make their own world. I want to give them information on which I base mine, e.g. Paul claims your story to be far right nonsense, so I point out that it originally came from The Guardian.

Ultimately in this thread I would like people to think about what life is like for people in places like Iran and Gaza and compare those lives to a life in a western democracy. Then they might consider the apparent contradiction of western nations engaging in international terrorism and autocratic hell holes engaging internationally to promote freedom and human rights.

Regime change in Iran, Venezuela and Cuba won't win Trump the peace prize, but it would make him an historically significant president.

Hi Fester,
"I have no idea how the conflict will go, but good on you for putting forward a prediction."

I don't really have any idea how bad this entire mess will turn out, but this M/E thing is not the same as Russia / Ukraine.

This one is a clash of all 3 Abrahamic religions, that could be shaped by some for end times prophecies, and I'm not kidding when I say that.

I asked Grok 'can you explain the different interpretations of gog and magog in end times prophecies and what they mean to each religion'
http://x.com/i/grok?conversation=2030499617670873504
(Something for me to read up on later)

I watched your video, thanks for sharing.
- Quite repressive, I don't like seeing being treated that way

I may support Russia, China and Iran, but I told you it's complicated.
I never said I support Islam or Sharia Law.
I'm fairly sure I've stated in the past I oppose religious law, I'm not particularly fond of religions that much tbh.
Religious beliefs might get some to heaven but it also gets a lot of people killed, and the good doesn't outweigh the bad.

Some people say ethics come from religion, I'm not sure about that but I'd argue that religion also corrupts real ethics.

My reasons for supporting Russia, China and Iran are bigger than just the smaller domestic issues relating to each nation, it's moreso that I support a multipolar world rather than the U.S. dominated unipolar world.

You know how peeved I got over all the needless Palestinian deaths, Iran s the only one supporting them, they will be taken care of (and not in a nice way) if the current Iranian leadership falls.

At the end of the day, it's probably just as much about America stealing oil, so they can service their massive debts.

I think there's now 5 or 6 aircraft carriers preparing for operations. Not just the Lincoln and Ford, but also the carrier George Bush, Nimitz, and a French and British aircraft carrier.

I'm not certain Russia and China will stay on the sidelines.

[Cont.]

Regarding the women of Iran, there are some things I wish to share.
I understand Iran seems to have become a lot less repressive, but how much I couldn't really say because I haven't been there to see for myself.

This is the picture you are drawing
http://x.com/SenTuberville/status/2029702104399397274

But here's some other info, though I haven't fact checked it.
It seems in some areas Iran puts the West to shame when it comes to women...

http://x.com/AryJeay/status/1602702373327101954
Female literacy rate in Iran is 99.3%
Maternal mortality in Iran is 16% (ref: US=19%)
There are 16,111 sports clubs for women
3,302 medals won by female athletes (internationally)
Unemployment rate of women is 13.7%

Scroll down under the image and there's a lot more facts on that x thread

http://x.com/dlLambo/status/2030201910829936655
There are more educated women in Iran than in the U.S
There are more female doctors in Iran than the U.S
There are more female municipal and local leaders in Iran than the U.S.

http://x.com/warintel4u/status/1938182994193420305
70% of Iran's science and engineering graduates are now women.

Girls shopping in Iran
http://x.com/Partisangirl/status/2010503999997554847

I've also heard that Israel has been conducting numerous false flags to blame on Iran, trying to bomb oil refineries and such.
(And if you can do what they did in Gaza one would assume they're certainly not constrained by ideas of 'right' and 'wrong')
- Israels ends justifies any and ALL means.

Also, ttbn also often mentions the 'Uniparty'
The thing that makes Republicans and democrats the same is the neoconservatives in each party, so it doesn't matter who wins, foreign policy remains.

So out I curiosity I looked up...

Google? 'Australian Neoconservatives'

AI Overview
Australian neoconservatives are a political faction combining traditional social conservatism, free-market economics, and an interventionist, morally driven foreign policy, particularly focused on countering Chinese influence.
. Influenced by U.S. counterparts, this group advocates for a robust national security stance, strong alliance with the U.S., and a focus on "Australian values".

Key Figures & Organizations Often Associated:

John Howard, Peter Jennings, Lavina Lee, Lesley Seebeck, * Mick Ryan.

Trump America's action on Iran could be seen as a ‘sorry’ to Iranians for a previous American administration's (Jimmy Carter) part in getting rid of the Shah, an important ally of America's in the Middle East at the time.

America, aided by the UK, France and West Germany, allowed the 2.5 millennia Persian monarchy to collapse. In 1979, they would not even give the then-dying Shah sanctuary; he had to go to Egypt.

Carter sent an official to Iran to help neutralise the Iranian army, which stood down (400,000 of them) while surrendering to a “mob of fanatics”.

After, with mobs shouting ‘death to America’, Obama and Biden gave the Islamic madmen tens of billions of dollars, overlooking the fact that Iran had become pals with China and Russia.

It is a fact that the only stable, non-threatening majority Muslim countries are those with a Monarchy: e.g Saudi Arabia,Oman,Brunei,Bahrain,Kuwait,Jordan,Morocco,Malaysia.

The only option for Iran and the safety of the West is Reza Pahlavi, son of the deposed Shah.

Hi AC,

I tend to look at things from the perspective of people's lives.

"I understand Iran seems to have become a lot less repressive, but how much I couldn't really say because I haven't been there to see for myself."

I find that view a little inconsistent with the tens of thousands of citizens murdered in Iran recently. I look at comments from people independent of the Iranian government. The minimum legal age of marriage is still 9 years.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bvO8AOU0DKk

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Pj_SuWdd4uQ

Hi Fester,

"I tend to look at things from the perspective of people's lives."
- I think this is completely reasonable position to have, it's effectively the same argument I make for the Palestinians.

"I find that view a little inconsistent with the tens of thousands of citizens murdered in Iran recently".

- Well thats why I tried to show you the first X video of the man with that picture and carrying on like Iran was afghanistan to contrast what a manufactured narrative.

I think I told you at some point the NGO's that come out with these figures for dead Iranians during the protests are funded by the U.S. government.

Lemme look...

Google? Are Human Rights Activists in Iran HRIA funded or affiliated with the U.S. government NED or USAID?

AI Overview
Based on available information and reports,
Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) and its associated news agency, HRANA, have received funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a private, non-profit organization that is almost exclusively funded by the United States government.
While HRAI states in its own documentation that it does not accept financial aid from governments to maintain autonomy, it acknowledges receiving funding from the NED since March 2011.

So like... That info is like 'The fox guarding the henhouse'.

National Endowment for Democracy (and it's funding arm USAID) was born from what originally was CIA covert action.

I just was talking to my housemate about this discussion.
His opinions are very much similar to yours, the opinion most people have, few people agree with my reasoning for things.

One last point.
The protests weren't grassroots, well there was legitimate grievances about water shortages - but it was also started by shopkeepers who stood to go broke with the crash in the currency the West engineered.

Scott Bessent Admits US Created Dollar Shortage in Iran, Triggering Protests
http://youtu.be/2wXE_j590FE

(I haven't watched the video, just sharing the headline)

As much as you think me a hater, I really just want a fair and peaceful world for everyone.

‘Bibi’s Bunker Blown Up’: Iranian Missile Hits Israeli Leaders' Underground Shelter In Tel Aviv
http://youtu.be/ChAlPttw7fM

That's at least the second bomb shelter destroyed (if confirmed), with the other one in Beit Shemesh where 9 people were killed.

Hi Fester,
If you were to ask me to predict how this will all go...

Here's one prediction:

I predict that Iran will get the upper hand and Israel and the U.S. will launch a nuclear strike on Iran, at which point, Iran might use nuclear weapons to wipe Israel off the map.

That said, anyone who tries to predict how this will go, will likely get it wrong.

Here's the elephant i the room though...

America can't protect anyone.
How can the U.S. defend anyone if they cannot even defend their own military bases and embassies from a $5000 drone?
Their trillion dollar military budget means nothing.

Hi AC,

Thanks to Trump and Netanyahu the Middle East is now a complete mess. Trump's rhetoric of "winning the war" is totally unbelievable. Now the fool is calling on CHINA to send warships etc, to help open the Strait of Hormuz. All the Iranians have to do is throw a couple of tuppenny bungers from a 6-foot tinnie at the Yanks, and they run away as if their pants are on fire! Where are all those sycophantic Trumpsters now?